CoachStation

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

We may well be overcomplicating the language of leadership and business. Gabrielle Dolan: The Future of Leadership Conference, Bris, Sept 2015 After attending the Future of Leadership – Workplace Culture conference in Brisbane last week I have been reflecting on the content from some of the speakers.

Storytelling 146

Storytelling Competitive Advantage Conference Cost of Capital 146

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

My colleagues and I at Bain & Company have been tracking this for forty years, and we have never seen companies losing their leadership positions as quickly as they are today. real revenue and profit growth and earning their cost of capital has steadily declined. Compete for the long term. And for telecom.

Creativity 15

Creativity Long-term Kotter Cost of Capital 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Critics imply that managing for shareholder value is all about maximizing the short-term stock price. While some executives allow that they should not manage to increase the short-term stock price, they remain reluctant to embrace the concept of managing for shareholder value. In the very long haul, earnings and cash flow converge.

Short-term 13

Short-term Long-term Price CEO 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. What’s behind the disconnect? In contrast, current profits penalize R&D, because accounting rules require R&D to be expensed.

Short-term 8

Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The logic of NPV is to project cash flows into the future and then discount those flows back into today’s dollars at a given cost of capital. Companies have long struggled to generate sustained profitable growth – and few have succeeded. She is a popular speaker and consults to senior leadership teams.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50